Barb-wire reel and carrier.



No. 67I,248. Patented Apr. 2, l90l.

C. J., J. P. G. H. M. THOMANN.

BARB WIRE REELAND CARRIER.

(Applicatiop. filed Nov. 27, 1900.)

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

IN V E N T088: (fiarz'ewo [Jam an Jain? 2? 21107210701. Jazz 7' /Zf Ina: Q7272 W/ TNE SSE S No. 67l 248. Patented A r. 2 l90l.

c. 4., J. P. a H. m. momma. p BARB Wm; REEL A'un CARRIER.

(Application filed Nov. 27, 1900.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

fewwy Ifiamare 72.

wlrlvsssts NDTON. o, c.

m: "cams PEYCRS co. Pup'mumu. wAsw CHARLES J. TI-IOMANN, JOHN P. THOMANN, AND HENRY M. THOMANN, OF RIVERSIDE, IO\VA.

BARB-WIRE REEL AND CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,248, dated April 2, 1901.

Application filed November 27, 1900. Serial No. 37,878. \No model.)

To all whom it may concern: The frame of the machine consists, prefer- Be itknown that we, CHARLES J. THOMANN, ably, of two side bars 10, which have their JOHN P. THOMANN, and HENRY M. THOMANN, forward ends 11 bent upward and forward or citizens of the United States, and residents of 4 formed with a compound curve, as best shown 5 Riverside, in the county of Washington and in Fig. 1. The rear portions of the side bars State of Iowa, have invented a new and Imare brought together and secured by bolts 12 proved Barb-Wire Reel and Carrier, of which or their equivalents, as illustrated in Fig. l,

the following is a full, clear, and exact deand one side bar, which is longer than the scription. other, is continued rearward and may be 10 One purpose of our invention is to provide curved downward to form a tongue or pole a new and improved machine for reeling, un- 13. This tongue or pole may be and usually reeling, and stretching barb-wire, check-row is provided with an eyebolt 14., through which wire, &c., and to construct the machine so a cross-bar may be passed to facilitate movthat it will be light, durable, and economic ing the machine or to which a hitching rope I 5 and will carry the wire-spool in a convenient or chain may be attached. The forward porand well-balanced manner. tion of the frame is firmly secured upon an Another purpose of the invention is to proaxle l5, and the axle is provided with supvide means for readily and conveniently turnporting-wheels 16, loosely mounted thereon. ing the spool to reel or to unreel the wire and At the rear portion of the frame or adja- 7o 20 likewise to so mount the carrier for the reel cent to the tongue 13 a tray 17 is secured that the carrier may be placed in such posiupon the frame, which tray is adapted for tion that a Wire may be quickly and readily carrying fence-staples and tools, and in front removed therefrom or placed thereon. of the said tray 17, at a suitable elevation The invention consists in the novel conabove the said tray, a cross-bar 18 is sup- 2 5 struction and combination of the several ported by legs 19, secured to the side memparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, bers of the frame. This cross-bar 18 is likeand pointed out in the claims. wise supported by braces 20, which are at- Reference is to be had to the accompanying tached to the tray, and a third brace 21 is drawings, forminga part of this specification, employed, which extends forward from the 30 in which similar characters of reference indicross-bar 18 at or near the right-hand side cate corresponding parts in all the figures. thereof. This forward brace 21 is provided Figure 1 is aside elevation of the improved with apertures 22 and 22. machine. Fig. 2 isaplan view thereof. Fig. When the machine is being operated, the

3 is a detail view of a portion of the reel-caroperator standing at the pole or tongue 13 35 rying shaft, the shaft being shown elevated may readily guide the. machine by grasping and the drivingear and pivot for the shaft the cross-bar 18, and this cross-bar at its being in section. Fig.4 is aside elevation of right-hand end constitutes a bearing for a a shifting-rod for a brake used in connection drive-shaft 23, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. with the driving mechanism for the reel. This drive-shaft at its rear end is provided 40 Fig. 5 is a plan view of the said shifting-rod, with an attached crank-arm 24., and the forillustrating also a slight modification in the ward end of the drive-shaft is journaled in a fastening device for the said shifting-rod. bearing 25, which is secured upon the upper Fig. 6 isa rear elevationof a portion of a face of the right-hand member of the frame brace and a rear end view of a brake mechanat a point near the axle 15. This drive-shaft 5 ism partially supported by said brace. Fig. 23 is provided with a pinion 26 and an en- 7 is a transverse section through the'shiftinglargement 26 in front of the pinion. This shaft, illustratingthe application of the brake pinion meshes with the teeth of a bevel'gear thereto; and Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the 27, the bevel gear 27 being secured to the frame of the machine and a box-body supright-hand end of a reel-supporting and driv- I00 50 ported thereon, the view being drawn upon ing shaft 28, the left-hand end of which reela small scale. shaft 28 is loosely mounted in a suitable bearing 29 at the left-hand side of the frame, as shown in Fig. 2. The reel A may be of any desired construction, and its heads are pro vided with apertures 30, through which the shaft 28 may loosely pass. One head of the reel is preferably provided with a collar 31, (shown in Fig. 2,) and this collar carries a thumb-nut 33, which enables the reel to be firmly secured on the shaft 28 and turn with said shaft.

A plate B serves as a bearing for the inner right-hand end of the shaft 28, the shaft passing freely through the plate and this plate is located between the reel-head and the bevel-gear 27, as shown in Fig. 3, and constitutes a shield for the gearing. The plate B is provided with a member 34 at each end, which members extend from the plate outward at a right angle thereto, and each memher 34 of the plate B is provided with an opening through which the main drive-shaft 23 loosely passes. Thus it will be observed that the plate B, in addition to constituting a bearing for the reel-shaft 28, constitutes likewise a hinge, enabling the reeleshaft 28 to be carried to an upper inclined position, (shown in Fig. 3,) and when the shaft 28 is in such position a reel may be readily placed on the shaft or removed therefrom. The reel A when placed on the shaft is supported at the right-hand portion of the shaft by causing a clamping-bar 35, attached to the reel-shaft 28, to engage with the right-hand head of the reel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Sometimes the wire will unreel too easily or the reel-shaft may be turned too quickly in reeling the wire. It is therefore necessary to provide a means forchecking the rotation of the main drive-shaft 23 or rendering it hard toturn. This is accomplished by placing a brake 36, preferably a strap-brake, around the drive-shaft 23 at the enlargement 26 on the shaft 23. This brake is provided at one end with an eye 37, the other end 38 of the brake being attached to the frame. A shifting-bar 39 is employed in connection with this brake, which bar is capable of rotary movement. The forward end of the shiftingbar has an upward extension, which is pivotally connected with the eye 37 on the brake, and the straight or body portion of. the shifting bar or rod 39 is passed through a hearing 38 as shown in Fig. 7. This shifting rod or bar 39 is carried upward and rearward, and at its rear end is usually provided with a crank-arm 40, having an opening therein, through which opening a member of an anglebar 41 is passed, the other member of said bar being passed through the opening 22 in the forward brace 21, connected with the cross-barl8. The end of theangle-bar which is passed through the opening in the shiftingrod carries, a thumb-nut 41. By turning the shifting bar or rod 39 the brake is made to bear with more or less tension upon the drive-shaft 23, or the brake may be so set that the shaft 23 will turn freely therein. The

angle-bar 41 may be held in position by a cotter-pin 43 or similar device, as shown in Fig. 4. The rear portion of the shifting rod or bar is passed through the opening 22 in the brace 21 and is held in adjusted position by the thumb-nut 41 In Fig. 8 we have illustrated the frame with all of the gearing, reel-supporting, and operating devices removed, and instead a boxbody is secured to the frame, resting upon the upturned rear ends of the frame and upon the members thereof at a point near the center. Thus it will be observed that the frame and the box-body make a convenient go-cart.

In connection with the reel-shaft 28 it may stated that a pin 44 may be and preferably is loosely mounted in the right-hand end of said shaft, and this pin is provided with an eye 45. It will be observed that the pin 44 constitutes a bearing for the right-hand end of the reelshaft, and thus takes ofi undue strain from the bearing plate or shield B. Guides 46 are located on the upper face of the axle, which guides have their inner faces inclined forwardly in opposite directions, and the wire when itis being reeled is made to engage with one or the other of the guides. These guides may be of any desired height. Preferably they are made of such height that they will extend slightly above the upper surface of the reel-head, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a wheel supported frame, and a shaft adapted to receive a reel removably journaled at one end of said frame and provided at its oppo site end with a hinge-bearing, of a gear secured to an end of the said shaft, a driving-shaft supported by the frame, and a pinion carried by the drive-shaft and arranged to mesh with the reel-shaft.

2. The combination, with a wheel supported frame, of a shaft adapted to receive a reel, a bearing for one end of the shaft having a hinged connection with the frame, a bearing for the opposite end of the said shaft open at its upper portion, a drive-shaft, a gear connection between the drive-shaft and the reelshaft, and a brake for the drive-shaft, as set forth.

3. The combination, with a frame, an up right located at one side of the frame, a hearing carried by the said upright, a drive-shaft journaled in the said bearing and in a hearing which is secured to the said frame, whereby the drive-shaft is given an inclination, and a pinion carried by the said drive-shaft, of a plate having extensions at its ends, which extensions loosely receive the drive-shaft, a reel-shaft journaled in said plate, a gear secured to an end of the reel-shaft thus journaled, which gear meshes with a pinion on the drive-shaft, the opposite end of thereelshaft being removable from its hearing which is located on the frame, as set forth.

IIO

4. The combination, with a wheel -supported frame, a cross-bar located at an elevation above the frame near one end, braces connected with the said cross-bar, a driveshaft journaled at one end in the said crossbar and at its opposite end in a bearing of the frame, and a pinion carried by the driveshaft, of an angle-plate loosely mounted on the drive-shaft, a reel-shaft one end of which is journaled in the said angle-plate, a gear secured to the end of the reel-shaft thus journaled, adapted to engage with the said pinion, the opposite end of the reel-shaft being removable from its bearing, an auxiliary pivotal bearing for the end of the reel-shaftcar- CHARLES J. THOMANN. JOHN P. THOMANN. HENRY M. THOMANN.

Witnesses: FRANK DAUTREMONT, CHARLES V. DAUTREMONT. 

